First Indian film shot in NASA

Swades is the first Indian film to actually be shot inside the NASA research center.

Shah Rukh Khan's character Mohan Bhargava is working on a rainfall monitoring satellite known as the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), which is lifted into an orbit aboard a Space Shuttle.

For authenticity, Ashutosh Gowariker shot a scene at Launch Pad 39A, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.